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Anonymous said:

How pathetic to have Antonio getting Jose's endorsements and money for him. I can only imagine where Jose would be without the mayor. I've never ever seen this type of control a Mayor has on a district he no longer should be involved with. CD14 staffers are still campaigning for Jose instead of doing their job and servicing the constituents of the community.

I've never met Nick Pacheco, but from my vantage point, he seems to be suffering a serious psychological illness that plagues candidates. It's the "he's beating me, so I am going to give up" theme. It appears to me that he has just not tried to fundraise at all.

I've worked on a lot of campaigns in my sixty plus years, and every time I've seen a candidate give up like this, he has lost. Pacheco appears to take the attitude, "practically everyone's against me, so I am going to show them I can win without all of them."

That never works. Winning an election is about bridge-building - and yes grass roots people, this means with a few powers-that-be too. And yes, it means fundraising to get your message out.

I'm afraid Pacheco is doomed because he himself doesn't appear to be trying.

ditto 8:50, nick's crew (urteaga etc.) always trot out that this is another 99 that's the official line but this is not another 99. in 99 they had riordan walking precincts in eagle rock and becerra in boyle heights plus a ton of vols and a ton of energy and some union endorsements and a really bright staff and some serious cashola. the people with nick now werent even born in 99 hehehe and he has none of the above

You have never met Nick Pacheco yet from your "vantage point" he's "suffering a serious psychological illness..." If you had seen Nick Pacheco on Tuesday night at a candidate's forum you would have seen energy, experience and leadership. What has Huizar got? No great record at LAUSD, that's for sure. But he has got a mayor behind him who wants Huizar on the council. He has got a mayor behind him who is willing to strong arm money people to not give to Pacheco. He has got a mayor behind him who tells unions it is in their interest to support Huizar. I am a CD14 resident and voter. Do I want a councilmember who will be in the pocket of the mayor? No, I don't. Do I want a representative for my district who will check with the mayor's office on how he should vote in council? No, I don't. I want somebody to represent me! So, Pacheco is the best choice. The mayor will have to work with Pacheco and Pacheco will have to work with the mayor. Huizar wont be working WITH the mayor he will be working FOR the mayor.

I hope you have a BIG ledger to keep track of ALL the SPECIAL FAVOR variances and permits and zoning adjustments these bottom feeders are going to require of you, while you're "protecting open space on the Eastside" (ha!)

WAKE UP PEOPLE. SEEMS THE HUIZAR TEAM IS TRYING TO DISTRACT. Agreed poster Pacheco blew all the candidates away at debate Tuesday night. In fact, he had way more supporters then any other candidate. His answers were from experience and people who were there for Jose said they were impressed. IT'S NOT OVER TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS AND SHE WON'T BE SINGING FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS. Must be nice to have the Mayor of Los Angeles doing your campaigning for you!!!!!!!

Jose's big problem is his alignment to Antonio. AV is so hated in many parts of the CD14 that at least Jose now knows NOT to mention AV's name at debates and he has stopped. Wonder if those phone calls Antonio is making are costing us taxpayers money? Thanks to AV doing such a horrible job as CM Pacheco is a dream with the leadership and knowledge he knows inside and out of city hall. Ask Jose about a simple motion or council agenda and duuhhhhhh.

I mean you wrote a $500 check to my brother 3 weeks before election day and my brother can't write one back?

I mean in 2001 after your first horse becerra lost, you supported my brother. After he won, you invited me brother out to your district (where you had to ask people to be nice, since he beat Antonio), yet my brother hasn't even helped you one bit.

My brother who had a secret relationship with Bob Horner doesn't seem to remember who his friends are, i may need to give him a good talking to.

This CD14 race is so important to you guys, because whoever holds that seat will sit on the Ethics and Oversight committee, with the winner of CD10 Herb Wesson.

I wonder why Tony Montana, I mean Antonio Villaraigosa is pressing Huizar so hard, because this will be the final piece in orchestrating his political machine, the most important piece, covering up your lies. Huizar is easily manipulated.

With Pacheco on that committee, he'll see it first hand and can ship Laura Chick and Villaraigosa out on their fannies, when they go for higher office. This ensures that Mayor Villaraigosa stays as mayor and works well for the good of the city.

Even if Huizar is a well-meaning AV patsy, here -- let's face it, if Romer and the LAUSD functionaries could pull the wool over his eyes for 4 years on school board with no improvements other than in the tons of building blueprints shooting through the district offices, then he'll be absolutely useless trying to look into bad eggs in city government.

That may be true, but this might payoff in Pacheco's favor because like in the Mayoral Election, the Union Leadership endorsed Hahn, but basically hung the man out to dry because all of the Union workers voted and supported Villaraigosa.

Pacheco may have the same chance if the workers live in CD14 or have friends/family in CD14 that they can tell via word of mouth.

Stick some panyhose in it. Nothing you've posted yet as "fake Hahn" (which is usually what AVlovers do, FAKE it), has any basis in fact. Just drivel from bitter MAV supporter who just CAN'T understand why people still support Pacheco, and why AV couldn't live up to Pacheco's exemplary public service in CD14.

People say, "Ah, Pacheco didn't do anything as a councilmember." Then you tell them, and they say "Wow, that's great, I didn't know all that."

Then people say "Ah, Villaraigosa didn't do anything as a councilmember."

And his supporters say "SO WHAT, he won as mayor."

And that's all that seems to matter to them.

And NOW, people say "Ah, Huizar didn't do anything at LAUSD," and the SAME AV supporters say, "SO WHAT, he's got the endorsement of the LAST councilmember for the district who DIDN'T DO ANYTHING."

Team Jose Huizar has gone to an all time low. His dumb & dumber partner little crook Alvin Parra and team are sending out negative slanderous pieces on Pacheco this afternoon. People in district are furious that they've resorted to be the scum of the earth. If Jose's numbers are so great and he has all the endorsements and money why go to the gutter?????? My guess is Pacheco is looking pretty good and has name recognition. Pacheco has done remarkable at all the debates making Jose look like a kid still in grammar school.

How many people have been killed in accidents by that Soto St. bridge near Wilson High School. Students are cross the street from one end to the other side, there is not walk way or light signals, just cars going 50-60 mph, way over allowed speed limit of 35 mph. How many kids have been killed underneath the bridge, over the bridge?

Why can't the council people do something and eliminate the bridge, put proper crosswalks with lights and think of how it would help eliminate deaths!

I guess it is a poor section, so it won't matter how many people die.

One side of Soto street has no sidewalk for students to walk to and from school.

The guy who SCREWED UP his own WIFE's school board campaign with unethical backroom deals and games? (Who was his wife's campaign consultant - OH YEAH, the same guy running Who-say HOSE-ars).

The guy who tore up the El Sereno neighborhood council for months with illegal recall moves that had DONE threatening to de-certify them, (and then he STILL couldn't get elected it's president after a real recall?)

The guy who publishes a record-holding community newspaper. Repeat winner, "MOST TYPOS PER PAGE" in the industrialized publishing world.

THAT Alvin Parra?

Somebody call Frederiqueuo the conman, again -- there's going to be yet another vacancy on Huizar's "individual endorsements" campaign Website.. First Tony, then Alvin. A SCUD, then a DUD!

All that campaign money, and they can't buy a muzzle big enough to deal with the Eastside's most inept attack dog.

Geez, Huizar, didn't Skelton tell you Parra was a bonehead? Dock that consultant's pay envelope $10,000 or so - just for that.

And you would think after trying to get all that traction off something a nominal supporter of Pacheco's did 3 years ago to nail AV with mailers, that SOMEONE would have put out a memo saying "NO slime package distribution."

What funny is that in the press release Nick sent out whining about ALvin they had copies of the stuff he was distributing: Articles about Nick's unethical behavior from the LA Times. Unedited. That's it.

Someone actually didn't get a call from Pacheco? And complaining about it?

Nick called EVERYBODY.

You see, everybody told him "NO"!!!

Or, just didn't take or return the calls.

"Why not", you ask?

Simple. He was an equal opportunity abuser when he was on the Council. He forgot he was elected and not anointed. He thought it would last forever. He was rude to constituents and non-constituents alike.

Maybe, "haughty" is a better word.

That's why Nick is not raising any money, not because he's not trying. And Afriat and his boy Urteaga are getting the same answers all over town. Just ask them.

No idotic! Its because people are afraid to go against Antonio. Everyone knows he can be very very very threatening.

downtownnews.com

Trouble is, Huizar does not yet seem to know the district all that intimately, despite having grown up in Boyle Heights. In particular he offers few specifics about the portions that fall in Downtown: Skid Row and parts of the Historic Core and the Fashion District are enormous communities and each will influence the future of the city. With Huizar's strong interest in city planning, we expected more.

Uncomfortably, it is clear that one factor - though by no means the only dynamic - in the large number of endorsements is that people are a little afraid to go against popular new Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. It is commonly accepted in local political circles that some endorsers are at least in part making a peace offering after having backed former Mayor Jim Hahn in the last mayoral election.

Unbelievable thag in this and age of politics there are so many weak, balless men in one city. Many of those who endorsed Jose and many who have given money have said behind closed doors they did it just because they were afraid of Antonio. Where are the strong men in this city with guts? How an a little, undersized, napoleon syndrome man like Antonio have so many men behaving like women? If this was happening in NY it would be all over the papers. Too bad we live in LA where reporters are afraid of Antonio as well to print the truth.

No one wants a puppet in city hall. Jose would be the puppet that gives AV the votes he needs to do what ever he wants. The councilmembers do not want Jose, they want Nick and are working to ensure he wins. EVERYONE knows it, even Jose, that's why he has to pay people to walk precincts for him.

Gosh with all the money he's, opps AV, is raising how much will each vote cost?